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Bio:
Former club: North Ballarat Rebels
Age: -
Height: 185cm
Weight: 75kg
Position: Midfielder
Little wonder the creative, goalkicking midfielder was a candidate for the No. 1 pick in the 2016 NAB AFL Draft given he won the TAC Cup's Morrish Medal and was Vic Country's MVP at the under-18 carnival, averaging 21 possessions (nine contested). The silky-skilled North Ballarat Rebel tallied 25 goals in 12 TAC Cup games, including nine multiple-goal efforts, and displays great poise and maturity. A quad injury ruled him out of the NAB AFL Draft Combine.
http://www.lions.com.au/news/2016-11-25/pick-3-hugh-mccluggage
Articles:
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-11-09/tomorrows-heroes-hugh-mccluggage-a-deserving-no1-pick
http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/hug...t/news-story/16d87a7b3d3be308e287180cc46b48c0
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...-to-top-after-solid-year-20161113-gsoa4q.html
Highlights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkLK3JLIlMk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EItbvGW9rl4
Former club: North Ballarat Rebels
Age: -
Height: 185cm
Weight: 75kg
Position: Midfielder
Little wonder the creative, goalkicking midfielder was a candidate for the No. 1 pick in the 2016 NAB AFL Draft given he won the TAC Cup's Morrish Medal and was Vic Country's MVP at the under-18 carnival, averaging 21 possessions (nine contested). The silky-skilled North Ballarat Rebel tallied 25 goals in 12 TAC Cup games, including nine multiple-goal efforts, and displays great poise and maturity. A quad injury ruled him out of the NAB AFL Draft Combine.
The Brisbane Lions have taken North Ballarat Rebels midfielder Hugh McCluggage at Pick No. 3 in tonight’s NAB AFL National Draft in Sydney.
McCluggage is an elite ball-winner with fantastic foot skills, but his forward-half efficiency makes him a truly special talent.
He can finish with precision both on the run and from set-shots, which led to him booting 25 goals from 12 games in the TAC Cup this season with an average of 27.9 disposals.
HUGH McCLUGGAGE: 186cm/76kg, 3/3/98
- Vic Country / North Ballarat Rebels
- Hybrid Mid – Hybrid Forward
- 2016 AA Midfielder, VC Most valuable Player, Morrish Medal Winner
- Long running, goal kicking mid – averaging 28p/2.1g per game at TAC Cup level this year.
http://www.lions.com.au/news/2016-11-25/pick-3-hugh-mccluggage
Articles:
Let's start with his North Ballarat Rebels form, where he averaged 27 disposals and six clearances in 12 games, and booted 25 goals. That's an exceptional return up forward for a midfielder, showing his attacking tendencies. This is what separates him from the pack: McCluggage hurts other teams. His possessions are meaningful.
He was Vic Country's most consistent player and judged its most valuable at the under-18 carnival, averaging 20 disposals and lifting when his side needed a burst of brilliance. His kicking is neat, tidy and effective, he's good above his head to take marks, and he is relatively quick without being explosive.
Plenty of McCluggage's best traits are hard to measure. But he creates space in congestion – for himself and teammates – his handballing is creative and top-shelf, and he doesn't panic under pressure. The best players make things happen without ever looking like they're going to be caught with the ball – McCluggage is in that company.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-11-09/tomorrows-heroes-hugh-mccluggage-a-deserving-no1-pick
AS the battle at the bottom of the AFL ladder reached its final stages in late August, one interested onlooker watched it unfold perhaps more nervously than most.
In the knowledge that one single game could decide the future of her son, Hugh McCluggage’s mother was busy doing the maths to determine who would receive the first draft selection.
Then the hot favourite to be claimed with Pick 1 in this Friday’s national draft, McCluggage saw it a bit differently.
http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/hug...t/news-story/16d87a7b3d3be308e287180cc46b48c0
When Hugh McCluggage was six he would spend hours out the back of his family's house near Warrnambool, working on the dairy farm. He had to be dragged inside for a bath at the end of every day and when his parents asked what he wanted to do when he grew up, he told them he would be more than happy to stay there driving the tractor. Then along came cricket. And football. And tennis. "I enjoyed the farm," he said. "But then I found out there were other things to do."
His world has kept expanding ever since. As a 15-year-old McCluggage played in the same cricket team as his father and an uncle, winning a one-day final with them. He made the local paper that year, for getting caught on 99. The next winter he got a phone call one night from the South Warrnambool football coach, asking if he was ready to play his first game for the senior team the next day. I want to, he said, but you'd better let me call mum and dad. "I was nervous, but I was keen to play. It took about an hour to convince them that I'd be OK."
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...-to-top-after-solid-year-20161113-gsoa4q.html
Highlights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkLK3JLIlMk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EItbvGW9rl4
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